Nikon Coolpix 995 Review

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Record Modes & Screens

A typical screen display in "P"rogram AE record mode. Top left is the position of the
zoom lens, this is only displayed for a few seconds whenever you press one of the zoom
control buttons. Top right is Macro mode and flash disabled icons. The "100" indicates
that we have manually selected ISO 100 speed and the icon above that is the white
balance setting (fluorescent). Along the bottom (left to right) is the metering mode
(matrix), "P"rogram AE, shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation and
finally the quality and number of pictures remaining.

When the LCD screen is on you can use the Digital Zoom (if enabled in menu) by pressing
the "T"elephoto button for a second after it has reached the telephoto limit of the
optical zoom. The digital zoom is step less up to 4X.

When shooting in the "M"anual mode there is an onscreen exposure meter that is displayed
for a few seconds when you change the shutter speed or aperture value. The
"1.3ft" displayed in the upper right indicates the manual focus distance. We've also
dialed in a +0.7EV exposure override value.

This screen shows the camera is now is AEB mode - Auto Exposure Bracketing will take a
sequence of 3 or 5 shots and vary each frame's exposure value by the amount indicated
(+0.7EV).

This is an animated look at all the various record mode display screens. We are cycling
through "P"rogram AE, "P*"rogram AE Variable, "S"hutter speed priority, "A"perture
priority, "M"anual, "BSS" Best Shot Selector, all the drive modes (Single frame,
Continuous, Multi-Shot 16, VGA Sequence, Ultra HS, Movie) and all the image quality
settings (Hi, Fine, Normal, Basic).

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